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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 2044: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 2044Waning Crescent

Monday 23 May 2044374,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
374,742 km232,854 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 20, 204404:02
New Moon (after)Friday, May 27, 204403:39

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2044 to the new moon of May 27, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.